Monthly Archives: November 2014

I think that from time to time, as I come across them, I’ll post bits I find to be wise, useful, or memorable. Today my eyes fell on a xerox I intend to read, and this line stood out, concisely summarizing my attitude toward “religion”:

Qui vero deos esse dixerunt, tanta sunt in varietate et dissensione, ut eorum infinitum sit enumerare sententias. (Of those who have said that the Gods exist, so great in variety and disagreement are their opinions that to enumerate the opinions were endless.) –M. Tullius Cicero [my translation]

The Redwood Stoa will be participating in the annual “Live Like a Stoic Week” and you’re invited. This event is a great introduction to Stoic Thought and Practice for everyday life. Please visit the link for details.

To commemorate the week, the Redwood Stoa has designed a special participation document just for the occasion and will provide one to all Redwood Stoics and Honorary members who sign up for the event. (Send confirmation to Redwood.Stoa@gmail.com)

He recently – to make proper use, as Seneca suggests, of time – blogged out in sequence the contents of Seneca’s De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life). Better still is Michel tackling aspects of our lives nowadays, in the 21st century. Have a look; I’ll be surprised if you don’t find it motivating.

Panera, the meeting place for this session, is located at 2650 Mowry Ave, Fremont, in a shopping center with good parking, located at the corner of Mowry and Paseo Padre. If arriving by BART, walk southwest, past Washington Hospital, to the shopping center, and turn right along the main line of shops. Panera is located near Mowry, just before the Walgreen’s.

Salvete, Omnes!

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